Fence-post.



No. 732,244. PATENTED JUNE so, 1903. s. AP. WEBB. FENCEA POST.

AIPLIOATION FILED JAN. 14, 1902.

N0 HODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

SAMUEL F. WEBB, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

FENCE-POST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,244, dated June 30, 1903.

Application led January 151902. Serial No. 89,695. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F.WEBB, a citizen of the United States, residing at Wichita, in the countyof Sedgwick and State of Kausas, have invented a new and useful Fence- Post, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fence-posts.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of fence-posts and to provide a simple and comparatively inex pensive one of great strength and durability designed to be arranged at the corner of a fence and adapted to be connected with the fencing-section and to afford ready access to the means for tightening the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of `a portion of a fenceconstructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail View of the cap of the corner-post.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the draw. ings.

l designates a corner-post comprising a base 2 and upper portions 3 and 4, offset from each other and designed to be connected with portions of a fence arranged at right angles to each other. The base, which is constructed of metal, is provided with four vertical webs or flanges arranged at diametrically opposite points and adapted'to resist any lateral 0r longitudinal movement of the post. The upper portions 3 and 4 of the corner-posts are located approximately at diametrically opposite points and consist of-continuons strips or pieces of metal doubled between their ends to provide parallel side bars which have their lower ends bolted to shanks't'and 7 of the base 2. The Shanks are located at diagonally opposite points and extend upward above the webs or Iianges, and they position the upper portions '3 and 4 of the posts so that ready access may be had to adjusting devices 8 and 9, which are arranged at right angles to each other. The fencepost is open at the outer faces of the upper portions 3 and 4 to aiford ready access to the adjusting devices hereinafter described, which are manipulated at the outer faces of the said upper portions. The upper ends of the upright portions of the cornerpost are connected by a cap 10, having sockets 11 and 12 for the reception of the upper ends of the upper pprtions of the posts and conforming to the configuration of the rounded portions or bends of the same; bllt the upper ends of the upper portions of the post may be of any otherv desired configuration. The cap is also provided with eyes 13 and 14, into which are linked the upper ends of inclined braces 15 and 16, which are disposed at an angle to each other and in alinement with their respective sections. of the fence. The braces,which consist of rods,are' provided with turnbuckles 17, and have threaded portions which are engaged by the turnbuckles, and the latter are adjustable in the usual manner to place the braces under the desired tension. The braces are provided at their lower ends with a suitable anchor 18, preferably consisting of a plate of approximately rectangular form; but any other construction may be'employed for this purpose.

The adjusting devices, which are connected with the fence-wire, consist of threaded bolts or rods having eyes for the attachment of the fence-wires and provided with nuts 19 for engaging the screw-threads of the rods or bolts. The rods or bolts pass through openings of blocks 20, having reduced portions to t between the side bars of the upper portions of the posts and provided with laterally-extend ing iianges 21 for engaging the outer side edges of the said side bars. By adjusting the nuts the fence -wires 22 may be -readily strained to the desired tension,- and the said fence-wires may consist of a single strand or a plurality of strands and may be barbed or otherwise.

The fence-Wires are supported between the ends by intermediate posts 23, composed of a base 24 and an upper portion 25, constructed similar t0 the upper portions of the cornerpost and secured to a shank 26 of the base 24. The base 24 is provided with three webs or ianges, two of the webs or flanges being disposed longitudinally of the fence and the IOO other web or flange being arranged transversely of the same.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with fence-wires, of a fence-post composed of a base and a pair of upright portions located approximately at diagonally opposite points and oiset from each other both laterally and longitudinally of the fence to provide open spaces at their outer faces and tension devices mounted on their upright portions and designed to be connected with the fence-wires and provided at the outer faces of the upper portions of the post with adjusting means,said post being entirely open at the outer faces of its upright portions, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with fence-wires, of a fence-post composed of a base and upright portions extending upward from the base at approximately diagonally opposite points, said post being entirely open at the outer faces of the upright portions to expose the same, adjusting devices mounted on the upright p0rtions of the posts and designed to be connected with the wires and provided at their outer faces with adjusting means, and braces arranged at an angle to each other and connected with the post at the upper ends of the upright portions and in the planes ofthe wires, substantially as described.

3. A fence-post comprising a base, the upper portions secured to the base at approximately diagonally opposite points, a cap connecting the upper ends of the upper portions of the post and receiving the same, and the braces arranged at an angle to each other and connected to the cap and retaining the latter in position, substantially as described.

4. A fence-post comprising a base having upright webs or flanges and provided with npwardlyextending Shanks arranged diagonally opposite each other, the upper portions consisting of bars connected at the top and secured at their lower ends to the Shanks, a cap having sockets receiving the upper ends of the upper portions, braces connected with the cap, and blocks adjustably mounted between said bars and adapted to receive adjusting devices, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflxed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL F. WEBB.

Witnesses:

JN0. H. FULLER, THos. H. EWING. 

